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MR. GUO: I asked, by using the internet, the government can better serve people like you? It seems most people agree with that. It's more than 50 percent agree that by using the internet government can better serve people like you. It seems that, including the former four questions, five questions seems people have strong expectation that internet can help raise the government and societies, people's relations. But if I ask how much do you know your government, it seems not many people really know, so their knowledge about the government really limited. And also I asked, do you often visit government websites? It also seems not many people really visit government websites. So it seems not -- the government still hasn't done very well in China.
Internet in China is growing very fast. It now has 162,000 users, and the majority still connect to the internet on broadband and at home, but for entertainment purpose. But people tend to trust the internet content but the trust has declined in the past year. The internet still give us still truth -- tend to trust traditional media more than internet, and different interpersonal relationship use different method to communicate. And the potential for internet as a tool to contact government with citizens also has declined.
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